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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.51.20

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 51: Sītā condemns the deception. She connects the golden deer with her abduction, challenges Rāvaṇa to face the brothers and warns him to release her

In the sequence: she interprets Rāvaṇa's refusal of sound advice as a sign that death is near, invoking the river and tortures of the world of punishment

3.51.20

na hi tvam īdṛśaṃ kṛtvā tasyālīkaṃ mahātmanaḥ
dhārituṃ śakṣyasi ciraṃ viṣaṃ pītveva nirghṛṇaḥ

For having done such a wrong to that great-souled one, you will not be able to survive long, pitiless one, as though you had drunk poison.

Words: na — not; hi — for; tvam — you; īdṛśaṃ — such a; kṛtvā — having done; tasyālīkaṃ — that wrong (to him); mahātmanaḥ — of the great-souled one; dhārituṃ — to sustain (your life); śakṣyasi — you will be able; ciraṃ — for long; viṣaṃ — poison; pītveva — as if having drunk; nirghṛṇaḥ — pitiless one

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.